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Beyond British
I recently went to France on holiday and, like many of us, was determined not to be a ‘Brit Abroad’. You know the type: refusing to speak the local language and, when forced, saying it in a loud, English accent complete with lots of hand gestures. Though I knew very little French having only learned Spanish at school, I was not deterred and proceeded to speak my simple sentences with great gusto. read more
Inquirer on...Women in politics
Bare with me on this...I promise I’m not about to go on some feminist rant about politics. I assure you I’m not what you would call a feminist. Yes I believe that women should have equal rights, employment opportunities etc, that men do, but I also accept that there are some things men can do that women just can’t. However, my feminist side was brought out by two events over the past few months. read more
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Taking the world in your hands : Take Responsibility!
Why can we not take responsibility for our own actions anymore? I have asked myself that question more than once recently in the face of various news stories, particularly in politics, where no-one seems willing to stand up and be accountable for anything. No-one is willing to accept the consequences of what occurs. I was willing to let this pass however, with my cynical opinion of: it’s politics, what else can you possibly expect? read more
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Chasing Dolphins : Challenging their trust.
I have met a dolphin in the wild, and the experience was distressing not just for me and my sister and cousins who were in the sea with me, but also I’m sure, for the dolphin. We were in Florida and as children we were having a competition as to who could float for longest on their back in the sea, when a dolphin swam underneath my cousin. We had been entirely still and the dolphin came to us, and swam around as we looked on in complete shock. " read more
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Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo
Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo, a film documenting the inhumane and international law defying conduct of the USA’s most infamous terrorist detention centre played to a packed out, morbidly fascinated audience in KLT 1 last week. The event, jointly hosted by the Centre for American Studies, Kent Current Affairs Society, Kent Debating Society and UKC Amnesty International Society, included a question and answer session with former detainee, Omar Deghayes who was released in December 2007. read more
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Why we need a softer approach to the youth justice system.
For the past few weeks, newspaper front pages have been dominated by two contrasting images. One is of a wide-eyed ten year old boy being charged for the offence of murder. The other is of the angry and hurt mother of his victim. It is impossible for anyone to view these pictures without an emotional response, and, sure enough, have caused a furore on message boards and letters pages across the country. In 1993, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, two ten year old boys, were charged as adults for the murder of toddler James Bulger. read more
